Miss Shenae's EES Blog

 Hello all,  Christmas break is finally here and it is now time to take a breath, and enjoy precious time with our loved ones. This week was filled with giving and receiving little things that means well to each other. Our second EES teacher - Mr. Hogan, brought in a game so that we could play with one another before we start our Christmas break. We had so much fun as we worked on turn taking, and waiting patiently. We also did many types of Christmas art this week. We made a type of present art where students were able to make AB patterns, while also working on their gluing, pasting and cutting skills. Check out the picture the below on the final outcome. We also made a Christmas tree art where we spelt out names to create our trees, of course, with the star on top.  Lastly, we worked on fine motor as we handed out different forms of activities to help with students zipping, buttoning, tying their personal items like - zipping up their bag-packs, tying their show laces, or buttoning t

 Hello!  Christmas break is right around the corner! I hope everyone is looking forward to the holidays. This week, we celebrated Honukkah. We learned about the meaning behind this holiday, and how it may be different from other holidays. We read a book on Epic called  "Grover's Hanukkah Party" . We then did an art activity on Friday as we talking about the candles and the Menorah. We got a little messy in the classroom! But mess is fun, and engaging which is why I love what I do.  In math this week, we focused on number identification an counting through the use of exploring with dominoes. We all took turn with a Boom Learning activity we did as a whole group, before we split off to do our independent math tasks. This week, we will continue to focus on number recognition through interactive games and activities.  In the first picture below, students' tasks were to shade in the amount of circles that was asked above. If the number of "4," students were to sh